The mass of the Pope in Paris recorded almost 600 thousand people

Nearly 600,000 people registered for Pope Leo XIV Mass in Paris. This was reported in X by Archbishop of the French capital Laurent Ulric.

“While we are approaching the 600,000-registered mark, we have asked the authorities for permission to set up an additional visitor area ... within a protected perimeter,” Ulrik said.

The registration platform will be closed today at 18:00 local time (19:00 Moscow time), the Paris archbishop said. “An enormous number of believers have responded to the invitation of the Holy Father to come and pray with him, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for that. The mass he will lead ... will undoubtedly be a historic event, said Laurent Ulric.

The mass of Pope Leo XIV will be held on September 26 in the space between Paris' Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Elysees. In the capital, the pontiff will visit the headquarters of UNESCO, as well as make visits to the cities of Lourdes and Metz. The Pope’s last mass in Paris was in 2008. Benedict XVI visited the French capital.